Mitchell's experimental treatment appears to have been just that. He was officially taken off the gleevec and celebrex protocol as it was not having any impact on the cancer's growth. He is being discharged from UMC this morning with 2 different types of morphine in pill form to help him with pain management. There is talk of enrolling him in a clincial trial sometime this week, but first he needs to meet with Dr. Brown to go over whatever it is they need to review.
I'm hoping the clincial trial administers the chemo through infusion. Mitchell hasn't had much success with pills so far. I'm also hoping that this episode helps to remind my spouse to be more responsive to the signals he gets from his body. For people in his situation, things don't usually just "go away".
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